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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5474353" data-attributes="member: 22424">I really don't think WotC can go with a 5e at this point in time. I don't see such a thing recapturing a significant number of people from Pathfinder (or the OSR, or those who simply stopped at 3.5e), but it would split the 4e base still further.On the other hand, I don't think WotC can recapture a significant number of those people without a new edition.So, they're stuck either way.Basically (assuming they need to recapture those people at all), their only hope is to try to ride out a few lean years, and then try to hit with 5e at about the same time as Pathfinder's 1e is losing steam, and try to scoop up people who would otherwise be going to PF 2e.I do think the DDI will likely be the focus of the RPG effort going forward. And I'm just as sure that this is a mistake (just as focussing on the minis would have been a few years ago). Whatever succeeds WoW (possibly even WoW itself a few expansions down the line) will simply blow D&amp;D out of the water - D&amp;D really has to focus on the things that makes it unique, and the DDI isn't it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5474353, member: 22424"] I really don't think WotC can go with a 5e at this point in time. I don't see such a thing recapturing a significant number of people from Pathfinder (or the OSR, or those who simply stopped at 3.5e), but it [i]would[/i] split the 4e base still further. On the other hand, I don't think WotC can recapture a significant number of those people without a new edition. So, they're stuck either way. Basically (assuming they need to recapture those people at all), their only hope is to try to ride out a few lean years, and then try to hit with 5e at about the same time as Pathfinder's 1e is losing steam, and try to scoop up people who would otherwise be going to PF 2e. I [i]do[/i] think the DDI will likely be the focus of the RPG effort going forward. And I'm just as sure that this is a mistake (just as focussing on the minis would have been a few years ago). Whatever succeeds WoW (possibly even WoW itself a few expansions down the line) will simply blow D&D out of the water - D&D really has to focus on the things that makes it unique, and the DDI isn't it. [/QUOTE]

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